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INFO ON WHY THE US POSTAL SERVICE IS IN TROUBLE + HOW TO HELP (IF YOU LIVE IN THE US)!! If you don’t live in the US, please share for your US followers!!

CONSOLIDATED INFO INTO IMAGES THAT CAN BE SAVED/SHARED!! click images to read!! (plaintext below the cut) Feel free to repost these anywhere!!

TLDR VERSION:

use resistbot (text RESIST to 50409, OR dm @resistbot on twitter) to call and write your reps

ask your reps to support: HEROES Act, USPS Fairness Act, and Delivering For America Act !!

it only takes a few min!

link to my twitter thread about this

store.usps.com

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THE US POSTAL SERVICE IS IN DANGER Why? Here's the main points: 

* The USPS has been defunded by Republicans for years in an effort to make it non viable so it can be privatized.  * Notably, the GOP-sponsored "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act" of 2006 forced the USPS to prepay worker's pensions for the next 75 years. Due to this act alone, the USPS went from running a profit to being billions of dollars in debt. * Lately, the coronavirus pandemic has led even more people than usual to rely on the USPS to ship things. It has become extremely overwhelming for postal workers, and they are not provided PPE. However, Trump cut the USPS from receiving any covid relief. * Here's where it gets even scarier. Postmaster General DeJoy, the first postmaster with 0 postal working experience    * is a huge Trump donor    * holds stock in several private shipping companies, creating a serious Conflict of interest. In other words, it HELPS him to DESTROY the service he is supposed to lead * over the past few months he's been implementing change after change to sabotage the USPS. Here are just a few:    * Shutting down mail-sorting machines so workers must do it by hand.    * Requiring post offices to purposely delay mail    * Requiring letter carriers to leave mail to avoid extra trips.    * Prohibiting overtime pay.    * removing/destroying mail sorting machines in key election cities        * 1. Battleground states (OH, PA, FL, MI, WI, IL)        * 2. NY & Philly: liberal leaning cities in incumbent-targeted states        * 3. Houston: city w/ the highest black pop in TX (4th in US)    * removing/destroying mailboxes * Trump is openly admitting to trying to destroy the USPS to suppress voting and rig the election in his favor. Quote: "Now they need that money in order to make the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots...But if they don’t get those two items that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting...” * FINALLY: Postal Workers have been trying to spread the word that vote-by-mail may not be safe in the upcoming election, due to inevitable Trump sabotage. Instead, they recommend:    * vote early in person    * use a ballot drop box    * drop off your ballot at an election office or polling location    * organize community ballot collection    * *note: some options may not be available in your state so pls check * Request your ballot ASAP!! So... how do we help save the USPS?! The answer: call/write to your reps!!! 

HOW TO CALL/WRITE: you can google who your reps are and how to contact them, but the EASIER way is to use resistbot: * text RESIST to 50409, or... * direct message @resistbot on twitter Resistbot will walk you through creating an account if it's your first time! Simply follow the prompts. The bot is very polite and user friendly, honestly it's pretty fun to use Keep calls short, but writing can be longer! Feel free to make it personal! Write about what the USPS means to you/why you need it!! When writing, make sure to write a slightly different message every time and do not copy and paste, or it can be filtered out. when calling: state your name & zip code ex) Hi, my name is  and my zip code is . My callback number is __. I am calling to ask you to please...

CALLING SENATORS: Vote YES/ IN FAVOR OF: * HR 6800: HEROES Act * to get the USPS direly needed funding and PPE * HR 2382/ S.2965: USPS Fairness Act * repeals the requirement that the USPS prepay pensions These two acts have passed the house but not moved in the Senate!! Please urge your senator to vote on them! CALLING YOUR HOUSE REP: * Delivering for America Act(new) * undos Postmaster General Dejoy's harmful changes to USPS operation * just introduced! ask ur rep to support it!! The House has oversight capabilities: Ask them to investigate Postmaster General Dejoy's policies that have been crippling the USPS, and his conflicts of interest owning stock in private mail courier companies: - Delaying mail creating a massive backlog. - Shutting down mail-sorting machines so workers must do it by hand. - Requiring letter carriers to LEAVE MAIL BEHIND to avoid extra trips. - Prohibiting overtime pay. 

make saving the post office a NATIONAL PRIORITY! Some reasons we need the USPS voting medication taxes small businesses many areas in the US rely on the USPS to send and receive any mail period we rely on USPS during pandemic elderly, veteran, minority/POC workers postal workers have inadequate covid protection/PPE shipping couriers (UPS, FEDEX, etc) outrageous prices (14$ vs 60$ for shipping small parcel internationally) Feel free to make it personal! Write about what the USPS means to you/why you need it!!

Finally, OTHER WAYS TO HELP (in addition to calling, not in place of!!) * Buy stamps at store.usps.com ! This is the most direct way to donate to them * Support and buy from small businesses/artists who rely on the USPS to ship! (hate to say it but...if the USPS becomes non-viable and many go out of business...please buy from them while you still can ) 

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Teach Me? - Peter Parker (Spider Man) Imagine

REQUESTED: No, but I high-key wanted to write something Spiderman related after I watched Homecoming a couple of weeks back. (Also Tom Holland is cute af so aLLOW THIS PLS.)

WARNINGS: Frenchhhh (eh, two birds one stone I guess), kissing?? but like v v cute stuff gah

SUMMARY: Peter’s going on a trip to France for the “Stark Internship”, but there’s just one small problem: he can’t speak the language. Enter you, a French student and the girl he’s had a crush on for ages, even if he acts like he’s into Liz.

NOTES: I kind of have a backlog of imagines still in my drafts...like, I have one requested and two unrequested imagines stuck in there because I’m still trying to work out how I’m writing them. 

So, the imagines are: - Stiles (from April whooops) - Mitch (this one’s a tad more recent) - Shadowhunters x TW crossover (requested, and again fairly recent. also this one is mainly Derek oriented, but I haven’t written this one because I’m still trying to find time to just sit down and watch through S2 of shadowhunters)

So, until I get over this massive writer’s block, they’ll be waiting in there for a little while. Sorry guys, especially if you’re the person who requested the SH X TW crossover imagine, but hopefully I will be able to write it soon!

Anyways, hope you enjoy this imagine! <3

Okay, this wasn’t going to be so bad. I could just go up to (Y/N) and ask her to help me with French, right? No big deal. Except, it really was a big deal and oh my god I was an inwards mess. I mean, she was just stood there with her best friend, (Y/B/F/N), laughing about something, and ohmygodshejustlookedrightatmeithinkimgoingtodienow. I smiled slightly at her, and she beamed back at me, extending her fingers in a wave, and I moved forward to talk to her. Alright, Parker, you can do this, hopefully without making yourself look like a complete fool.

“H-Hi, I’m Parker Peter...uh, I mean Peter Parker,” I said shakily. Nice one, Pete. Now she thinks you’re a fool as well as a freak. 

“Nice to meet you Peter, is there anything I can do for you?” She smiled and I could have sworn I felt my heart skip a beat for a second there.

“Um, well, you see, Tony Stark is asking me to go to Paris, and I kind of need your help to learn French.” Huh, it seems like I can actually talk to girls without making a complete and utter fool of myself. Tony would be so proud. 

“Sure, your place at around 6ish?” She asked, and handed me her phone.

“Uh, uh, sure! H-Here’s my number,” I said, handing her back the phone once I had put my name and number in.

“Thanks Pete, I’ll text you when I’m on my way over,” she said, going back to her conversation. As I walked away, I think I heard her say, “You know, I’ve always kind of had a thing for that kid.” Am I hearing things? More than likely.

“C’est combien?”

“Douze euros.”

“12 euros? Damn, how expensive do they make chocolate?!” I laughed, and (Y/N) laughed with me. It was nice to hear her laugh, especially knowing that I was the cause behind it. 

“I must admit, Pete, your French is really coming along quite well,” she said as she calmed down slightly. 

“Peut-être, je peux parler assez bien pour parler entre tes jambes?” I said. GOD WHY DID I SAY THAT IT IS THE SINGLE MOST RISKY THING I COULD EVER SAY TO A GIRL IN THE HISTORY OF EVER WHY DO I DO THESE THINGS TO MYSELF?

“Pete, are you...are you flirting with me?” She was blushing slightly. SHE WAS BLUSHING. HOW DID THAT WORK?

“Maybe a little bit? I mean, I kind of learned the speak French between your legs thing thro-” And she cut me off by kissing me sharply. Wait. (Y/N) was kissing me. I was kissing (Y/N). My whole life was leading up to this and now I feel like I have purpose. Her lips were the softest I had ever kissed, and everything with her just felt...right.

“We could try out that whole speaking French between my legs if you wanted?” She whispered against my lips, and I nodded.

“We could, but can we just enjoy this thing first? I kind of want to do a lot more kissing before we get to that stage,” I smiled against her lips, and she kissed me again. I think that’s the best languages lesson I’ve ever had.